Popular baby names in New York, 2004

The most popular baby names in New York in 2004 were Emily for girls (1,591 babies) and Michael for boys (2,354). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 206,760 babies born in New York in 2004 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 2004

Names given at least 15 times in New York that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Faigy: 75 babies, 18.2× the national rate
Malky: 55 babies, 17.4× the national rate
Gitty: 75 babies, 16.9× the national rate
Baila: 54 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Malka: 82 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Devorah: 49 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Chana: 160 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Chaya: 212 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Rivka: 118 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Shira: 53 babies, 7.3× the national rate

Boys

Yitzchok: 81 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Shimon: 75 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Shlomo: 74 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Chaim: 140 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Mordechai: 101 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Moshe: 227 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Tzvi: 59 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Yisroel: 81 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Shmuel: 64 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Menachem: 93 babies, 10.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 2004

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2003	US rank
1	Emily	1,591	–	1
2	Emma	1,203	–	2
3	Olivia	1,130	–	4
4	Isabella	1,080	–	7
5	Ashley	1,058	↑3	8
6	Samantha	1,052	↓1	9
7	Madison	1,006	↑2	3
8	Sarah	979	↓2	12
9	Kayla	850	↓2	18
10	Sophia	812	↑9	15
11	Julia	782	–	32
12	Brianna	762	↓2	17
13	Abigail	760	–	6
14	Alyssa	731	↑2	14
15	Jessica	728	–	21
16	Grace	715	↑1	13
17	Elizabeth	680	↓5	10
18	Hannah	662	↓4	5
19	Nicole	642	↑1	43
20	Rachel	637	↑1	34
21	Victoria	629	↓3	28
22	Ava	622	↑8	25
23	Alexandra	596	↑2	37
24	Alexis	581	↓1	11
25	Lauren	536	↓1	16
26	Katherine	510	–	35
27	Mia	509	↑1	30
28	Angelina	498	↑20	60
29	Anna	492	↓2	20
30	Natalie	485	↑8	19
31	Leah	482	↑11	64
32	Amanda	469	↓10	67
33	Gabriella	467	–	76
34	Gianna	461	↓2	>100
35	Jennifer	436	↓4	39
36	Ella	416	new	29
37	Michelle	414	↓8	66
38	Jenna	408	↑2	56
39	Hailey	403	↑2	24
40	Sara	401	↓1	68
41	Kaitlyn	396	↓7	33
42	Sydney	391	↑1	27
43	Sofia	380	new	69
44	Taylor	378	↓7	22
45	Stephanie	376	↓10	55
46	Megan	375	↑1	36
47	Alexa	368	↓11	72
48	Destiny	365	↓3	38
49	Chloe	363	↓3	23
50	Jasmine	358	↓1	26

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2003	US rank
1	Michael	2,354	–	2
2	Matthew	2,030	–	4
3	Joseph	1,872	–	9
4	Daniel	1,686	↑2	7
5	Ryan	1,673	↑3	12
6	Nicholas	1,671	↓2	13
7	Anthony	1,659	–	11
8	Christopher	1,546	↓3	10
9	Joshua	1,487	↑1	3
10	Justin	1,404	↓1	30
11	John	1,306	↑2	17
12	Andrew	1,302	↑2	6
13	David	1,295	↓1	14
14	Jacob	1,250	↓3	1
15	Alexander	1,216	–	15
16	James	1,127	–	18
17	Ethan	1,088	↑6	5
18	Brandon	1,043	↓1	22
19	William	1,039	–	8
20	Tyler	1,030	–	16
21	Kevin	1,029	↓3	34
22	Jonathan	985	↓1	21
23	Jack	926	↑4	42
24	Jason	917	↑1	47
25	Christian	909	↓1	24
26	Dylan	886	↓4	19
27	Thomas	846	↓1	37
28	Benjamin	819	–	25
29	Zachary	773	↑1	26
30	Samuel	737	↑2	23
31	Aidan	727	↓2	40
32	Robert	723	↓1	36
33	Brian	687	–	59
34	Jayden	665	new	62
35	Elijah	617	↑1	31
36	Sean	610	↓2	64
37	Gabriel	591	↓2	32
38	Jordan	584	–	43
39	Noah	566	↑2	29
40	Connor	545	↑6	38
41	Kyle	543	↓4	55
42	Eric	542	↓2	61
43	Steven	539	↓4	78
44	Evan	532	↑1	39
45	Nathan	524	↑4	20
46	Aaron	520	↓4	53
47	Isaiah	494	↓4	45
48	Luke	492	new	41
49	Adam	490	↓5	58
50	Alex	473	–	63

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